USSR 1991

"It seems that the Iranian side is not a certainty. On the one hand, the radicals represented by Khamenei want to obtain weapons of mass destruction, and on the other hand, the moderates headed by Rafsanjani want to maintain Iran. Peaceful relations with the West, but Rafsanjani forgot one thing, that is, unless an oil power like Iran becomes a pawn of the United States in the Middle East, when the strategic center of the United States begins to tilt towards the Middle East , the first to bear the brunt are those who are unwilling to cooperate.”

The recent situation shows that the United States is gradually strengthening its intervention in the Middle East. On the European side, NATO has been fighting the Soviet Union as always. The United States seems to want Western European countries to involve the Soviet Union, which has already discounted its strength. Middle East offset.

President Bush has tasted the sweetness of oil in the Gulf War, how could they let this liquid gold go.The United States doesn’t even need to plunder the oil of other countries wantonly. As long as they use the war to manipulate the oil futures market, the United States can still make a fortune through the war even if it does not seize the oil resources of the Middle East countries.

Therefore, Iran's resources and geographical advantages determine that it is a tragic country, and the political system of theocracy also makes him a pretext for being accused and attacked by the United States.

It was precisely because of what happened to Iran that Yanayev thought of using some anti-American Western countries to forge a wall for himself, a red wall to protect oil interests.Iran, which has always been anti-American, and Iraq, which hated the United States after the Gulf conflict, naturally became the targets of the Soviet Union.

"Comrade Yazov, what do you think we should do to make Lafsanjani submit?" Yanayev asked Defense Minister Yazov, who is also one of Yanayev's think tanks.

"There is nothing more oppressive than using framing and smearing to deal with a country's leaders." Defense Minister Yazov replied.

"Deliberately allowing the United States to obtain false information that Iran possesses weapons of mass destruction. The issue of Iran's chemical weapons has emerged at the juncture of preparing to sign a treaty on the limitation of chemical weapons. What do you think the United States will do? It has long been racking its brains on the Iranian nuclear issue The long-standing United States will of course use this incident to make a big deal out of Iran."

"I really believe in the propaganda ability of the United States to slander and criticize Iran, so we want to completely disillusion Iran's idea of ​​peaceful coexistence with the West, and indirectly push the United States to the opposite side of Iran. In this way, you think Rafsanjani can continue Uphold your moderate ideals?"

"Don't talk about weapons of mass destruction at that time, even if it is a real nuclear weapon, they will be eager to try it. So the Middle East issue is not in a hurry now. The main thing to do is to infiltrate countries with high anti-American sentiments, and Nowhere is that more evident than in military deals."

"Also, I also have a concern about the limitation of chemical weapons, that is, do we really want to sign this treaty? Although the use of chemical weapons is labeled as inhumane, in war, chemical weapons are still An offensive weapon with excellent results."

Yazov’s concerns are also the voice of Yanayev. To be honest, he is not willing to give up the remains of the Soviet Union’s Pozruz Island chemical weapons arsenal. Those anthrax, smallpox virus and various nerve agents represent the Soviet Union’s past 70 years. research results.What's more, destroying these viruses is no easier than creating them.

So Yanayev must think of a way to prevent the signing of the treaty.Even if these viruses are sealed, it is far better than being destroyed.Moreover, the treaty prohibiting the use of chemical weapons was originally a dead letter, and that country was not necessarily prohibited from using white phosphorus bombs in subsequent wars.

Because of this, Yanayev tried every means to sell some of the chemical weapons in the nerve agent library to Middle Eastern countries. If the Americans really want to send troops to Iraq in the future, some of them will cause headaches for the United States.

"Regarding the destruction of the virus, I will get in touch with China to some extent, and hope that the two countries will keep a consistent pace on the issue of this treaty." We need to advance and retreat together.

"The United Nations' so-called Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is nothing more than a ridiculous joke. They can only cheer up those countries that do not have chemical weapons. In fact, a real war breaks out. Who would not mind using such a terrible war machine?"

Chapter 228 The pressure from the United States

Intelligence wars have always confuse their opponents with false news mixed with truth. For example, agents of the CIA received news that Soviet informants visited Iran and attempted to sell chemical weapons, but only the previous information is true. , while the latter was deliberately added by the KGB intelligence department in order to divert the attention of the CIA.

What's more, this piece of information is a major secret that the CIA has worked so hard to get back. For the KGB, which is the best at deceiving, the more the CIA is interested in something, the more powerful they will make it, fearing that the US agents will not find it. Same as those secrets.In the end, what they worked so hard to get was false information specially designed by the KGB.What's more, how could they let the CIA know the real valuable things easily.

After receiving this piece of information and confirming it, CIA Director Woolsey excitedly called US President Mario almost immediately to report this important discovery to him.

"You mean that Iran is currently conducting a secret trade in chemical weapons with the Soviet Union?" President Mario suddenly got up from the table. He walked around the phone with some excitement, and further confirmed the news to Woolsey, " Is what you said true, Director Woolsey. Has this information been confirmed? Well, we now have the opportunity to infiltrate and interfere with the Iranian regime."

The United States has wanted to sanction Iran for a long time but could not find a real excuse. Although the issue of Iran's nuclear weapons has been shouted for many years, there has been no absolute evidence to convince Congress.The chemical weapons deal clearly provides an excellent excuse for interfering in Iran's internal affairs.

"Yes, we finally have the opportunity to criticize and attack the Iran issue openly." Woolsey said excitedly. He did not expect that he had already completed two things that the previous CIA director failed to do shortly after he took office. It is to find an excuse for the United States to sanction Iran, and the second is to win over another socialist ally at the same time.

"We will not send out these news tonight, and let Iran know our methods. Director Woolsey, you are responsible for continuing to dig out intelligence on Iran. We must know as much detail as possible." After President Mario hung up the phone Just kept thinking about another thing.For the Iran issue, should the CIA intervene, or directly send troops to the Middle East?

At this time, the American economy did not improve because of Mario's coming to power, but it was a terrible mess.His energy is not on how to save the economy, but he wants to learn from President Bush to divert attention through a Gulf War while controlling the lifeline of oil with his invisible hand.However, there are always a few impeccable countries in the Middle East who want to fight against the United States. This is something that Mario and the consortium behind him cannot tolerate.

So that day, the White House press spokesman claimed that they had evidence of Iran's WMD trade, and the US would further deepen economic sanctions and military pressure on Iran. He also said that if Iran did not hand over WMD , the United States does not rule out that it will take further deterrent actions.

The remarks made by the White House spokesperson have been different from the original intelligence. It is not that Iran is conducting a chemical weapons transaction, but that Iran already possesses chemical weapons.What's more, the U.S. government never thought about really understanding Iran's chemical weapons issue. They only need to use this as a breakthrough to sanction Iran.

President Rafsanjani tried so hard to change the relationship between Iran and the Western world, but was strangled in the cradle by the joint efforts of the Soviet Union and internal anti-American forces.Khamenei is not worried about the economic sanctions imposed by the United States at all. He just wants to use an external crisis to bring down the conservative and moderate forces in power in Iran at this time.After all, Iran and the United States have broken off diplomatic relations after the Islamic Revolution. They don't care about the attitude of the U.S. government, nor do they care about the threats of the Americans.

The Soviet Union hopes to cultivate a strong anti-American force within Iran, so as to open a new gap for its interests in the Middle East.After all, Yanayev doesn't care whether those people support communism at all, and for the distant Middle East, Moscow is more than capable.All the Soviet Union had to do was to disrupt the US offensive and layout in the Middle East.Anyway, I didn't have a good life in Afghanistan, and you don't want to have a good life in the Middle East.

However, as a potential ally, the Soviet Union still expressed its views appropriately. At a press conference, when Yanayev was asked how he viewed US sanctions against Iran, Yanayev said, "The US government likes to It’s not a matter of a day or two to talk nonsense. Maybe they dare to take out a test tube containing an unknown white powder, and then claim to everyone that this is evidence that Iran has weapons of mass destruction. Maybe it contains nothing more than washing powder. .”

"We warmly welcome other countries to conduct economic and trade transactions with the Soviet Union. It is not only the United States or Europe that is your trading partner in the world. There are many countries that do not need to follow their rules. When the economy is too dependent on the United States as the When you dominate the developed countries, you are putting your future in the hands of others."

Of course, Yanayev's ridicule is not painful to the United States, but for the breathless Iranian government whose economic form has been sanctioned, it means a signal of goodwill.

At this time, Rafsanjani was in a state of anxiety. Since the United States further strengthened Iran's economic sanctions, their life has become more and more difficult, because a country that is highly dependent on natural gas and oil exports like Iran, once cut off the export road, then what awaits them may be economic collapse and social unrest.After all, the United States has tried this trick repeatedly before.

At the same time, it also made Rafsanjani feel that it is impossible to negotiate peace with the United States.Just when he was most anxious, Khamenei appeared in front of him appropriately.

"It's time here, do you still want to adopt a policy of peaceful coexistence with the United States?" Khamenei's words pierced Rafsanjani's heart, "People regard us as threats to the free world, religious cancer, and Are you still going to please these people? Forget it, Rafsanjani, even if you refuse to admit it, your policy has failed."

"The United States only needs a secular regime that is close to the West. In their eyes, our state-religious system is an evil heresy." Khamenei smiled, shook his head and said, "Unfortunately, in Allah's peace These people are pathetic heretics in Ra's eyes."

"Enough, Khamenei, if you do this, you will bring Iran into an abyss of no return. God will never allow your actions." In the eyes of Rafsanjani, Khamenei at this time is like a monster, A monster that wants to start a war.And he also has reason to believe that the secret meeting between him and the Soviet Union was leaked by Khamenei.

"Haven't you seen clearly what happened to Saddam Hussein in the 1991 Gulf War? We can't possibly be the opponents of the Americans. They are too powerful. It only took a few weeks to fight us for almost Eight years of opponents were defeated." The impact of the Gulf War on Rafsanjani was huge, so he hoped to maintain a friendly relationship with the United States and prevent Iran from becoming the next Iraq.

"So what?" Khamenei said, "When it comes to the frontal battlefield, we are indeed no match for the Americans, but in terms of guerrilla warfare, didn't the Americans also lose to Vietnam? Nothing is absolute, if the Americans We will not be afraid if we really want to mess up. Allah is with Iran."

Rafsanjani gradually heard other meanings from Khamenei's mouth, but the other party did not stop talking.

"So what we have to do now is to strengthen our armaments. Since they falsely accuse us of having weapons of mass destruction, then we don't mind having weapons of mass destruction."

"More importantly, we still need to find new political partners. It is difficult for Iran to compete with the United States alone, isn't it?" Although Khamenei was a little vague, the target of the allusion can be known after a little thought. Who is it.

"Sure enough, you..." Rafsanjani's lips turned pale, and even his last sentence was interrupted by Khamenei.

"The Soviet Union will become a loyal ally of the Islamic world." Khamenei said calmly.

Chapter 229 An Old Customer from China and the Soviet Union

While the US side was making loud noises about punishing Iran, the Iraqi side was silent about making a fortune. Saddam even released that Iraq only wanted to seek independent development rather than seeking hegemony in the Middle East. .In the eyes of others, it seems that since the Gulf War, Saddam has given up his ambition to unify the Middle East because of domestic economic problems, but in fact he is recharging his energy and waiting for the day when he will rise again.

And because Iraq's silence also caused the United States to focus mainly on Iran. In other words, who told you to hit the muzzle of the Americans at the most critical juncture.So Iran has become another country that opposes American values ​​that the United States wants to conquer.At least in the eyes of Uncle Sam, there are only two kinds of countries, one is a country of "freedom and human rights" that follows in the footsteps of the United States, and the other is a country that opposes the "dictatorial and brutal" regime of the United States.

Faced with the aggressive posture of the Americans, Iran naturally couldn't sit still.They will not sit still and let the Americans launch a double attack on Iran in terms of public opinion and economy. They need to find a breakthrough to counter the US hegemony.

Khamenei is preparing to visit China recently, and the news of meeting with Chinese leaders has once again attracted everyone's attention.Everyone knows that as the leader of Iran's spiritual world, Khamenei will not visit foreign countries at will, unless Iran encounters some problems in international affairs and needs to seek solutions, or visits to other Islamic countries, but it is now obvious Belonging to the former, Iran has encountered problems and continues to seek new strategic partners.

President Rafsanjani’s right to visit other countries was originally exercised by President Rafsanjani, but now it is replaced by Khamenei. For those who are familiar with Iran’s political situation, they have expected that the conflict between the Iranian president and the spiritual leader has gradually begun to surface. .Khamenei is not a person without real power. Although he is not the head of the government, as a former president who led the Iran-Iraq War, he has great prestige both in the army and among the people.In other words, as long as the president is incompetent, Khamenei has the right to exercise the power of impeachment.

And Khamenei's visit to the country this time is regarded by other countries as the first step in his comeback. As for the first country he visited was not the Soviet Union but China, even the CIA couldn't guess what this old fox was thinking.

Only Khamenei himself understands that this action is just a demonstration, not only a demonstration to Western countries, but also a demonstration to the domestic opposition.Let them really figure out one thing, who is the absolute leader of Iran.

Of course, China will not let go of the opportunity to win over a country with oil resources in the Middle East. What's more, the war that this country participated in at the beginning also fed its own military industry system, so that when the leaders of Iran or Iraq came to visit, the military industry department seemed to see it. Rich people who give money are as excited.

Of course, Khamenei did not disappoint them this time. When he visited China, he first proposed a plan to sign a large order with China's military industry.This plan includes the most basic Type [-] and [-] submachine guns, as well as Hongqi anti-aircraft missiles. Regarding the recent purchase of some Chinese-made tanks by Iraq, Khamenei also specifically proposed to purchase the Red Arrow series of anti-tank weapons.Anyway, in the eyes of the Iranians, Chinese weapons are cheap and practical, and they can obtain great combat effectiveness without a high military expenditure.

Although Iran did not purchase tanks and fighter jets this time, but purchased defensive weapons, it can be seen who Khamenei is targeting.After expressing his wishes for long-term cooperation with China, Khamenei went to Moscow again, and everyone suddenly realized that the Islamic world is preparing to unite with the socialist camp to deal with democracy, freedom, beauty, profiteers and traitors?

Khamenei held a meeting with Yanayev in Moscow, and the two sides exchanged views on economic cooperation issues. To be honest, they discussed the issue of arms transactions with Moscow.

"Purchase our hail rockets and SAM air defense missiles? It seems that you are determined to fight the United States to the end. With all due respect to Khamenei, you really think that with Iran's strength, you can really unite with the United States. The army will fight to the death?" Yanayev deliberately used language stimulation to test the opponent.

"President Yanayev, you and I both know who our common enemy is, so I just said it directly. Yes, now we really need the arms trade of the Soviet Union and other countries to strengthen our armed forces. After the Gulf War, we all saw the end of Iraq. With its own high-tech, the United States almost crushed the army, which is known as the fourth in the world, within a few weeks. Whether it is the main social camp or our Islamic world In terms of armed forces, the gap is obvious."

Khamenei refuted Yanayev, reminding Yanayev that in the face of the common enemy of the United States, it is best for the Soviet Union and Iran to maintain a close cooperative relationship, lest the Americans find an opportunity to take the opportunity to enter.

Although he was refuted by others, Yanayev felt that Iran, an ally, was becoming more and more interesting, "I agree with you very much, Khamenei. But everyone knows that this is not a short-term war. Maybe Iran will face a ten-year blockade by the United States, so are you sure you will not give in to the Americans?"